2006–07 Pro A season
Sports season
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The 2006–07 LNB Pro A season was the 85th season of the French Basketball Championship and the 20th season since inception of the Ligue Nationale de Basketball (LNB) . The regular season started on September 23, 2006 and ended on April 27, 2007. The play-offs were held from May 15, 2007 till June 2, 2007.
| 2006–07 LNB Pro A season | |
|---|---|
| League | LNB Pro A |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Games | 306 (regular season) |
| Teams | 18 |
| TV partner | Sport+ |
| Regular Season | |
| Top seed | Roanne |
| Season MVP |  Dewarick Spencer (Roanne)  Cyril Julian (Nancy) |
| Top scorer | Dewarick Spencer (Roanne) |
| 2006-07 Finals | |
| Champions | Roanne |
| Runners-up | Nancy |
Roanne, after finishing at the second top seed of the regular season,[1] won its second French Pro A League title by defeating Nancy in playoffs final (81-74).[2]
Promotion and relegation
Due to the change of the LNB Pro A league format from 18 clubs to 16 between the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons, only 1 club is promoted from 2006 to 2007 LNB Pro B league (French 2nd division) and 3 clubs are sent to 2007-08 Pro B league.
- At the beginning of the 2006–07 season
Teams promoted from 2005 to 2006 Pro B
Teams relegated to 2006–07 Pro B
- At the end of the 2006–07 season
Teams promoted from 2006 to 2007 Pro B
Teams relegated to 2007–08 Pro B
Team arenas
Team standings
| Clinched playoff berth | |
| Relegated |
| # | Team [1] | Pld | W | L | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nancy | 34 | 25 | 9 | 2825 | 2498 |
| 2 | Roanne | 34 | 24 | 10 | 2942 | 2780 |
| 3 | Chalon-sur-Saône | 34 | 23 | 11 | 2684 | 2623 |
| 4 | Strasbourg | 34 | 22 | 12 | 2753 | 2480 |
| 5 | Lyon-Villeurbanne | 34 | 21 | 13 | 2752 | 2549 |
| 6 | Le Mans | 34 | 21 | 13 | 2529 | 2375 |
| 7 | Cholet | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2424 | 2408 |
| 8 | Gravelines-Dunkerque | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2625 | 2579 |
| 9 | Pau-Lacq-Orthez | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2747 | 2622 |
| 10 | Dijon | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2642 | 2620 |
| 11 | Orléans | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2569 | 2590 |
| 12 | Le Havre | 34 | 16 | 18 | 2637 | 2698 |
| 13 | Clermont-Ferrand | 34 | 15 | 19 | 2402 | 2358 |
| 14 | Paris BR | 34 | 13 | 21 | 2453 | 2662 |
| 15 | Hyères Toulon | 34 | 11 | 23 | 2606 | 2838 |
| 16 | Besançon | 34 | 11 | 23 | 2744 | 2880 |
| 17 | Bourg-en-Bresse | 34 | 8 | 26 | 2294 | 2673 |
| 18 | Reims | 34 | 5 | 29 | 2361 | 2755 |
Playoffs
| Quarter Finals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Nancy | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Gravelines-Dunkerque | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Nancy | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Lyon-Villeurbanne | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Strasbourg | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Lyon-Villeurbanne | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Nancy | 74 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Roanne | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Roanne | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Cholet | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Roanne | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Chalon-sur-Saône | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Chalon-sur-Saône | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Le Mans | 1 | ||||||||||||
Awards
Regular season MVPs
- "Foreign" MVP:
Dewarick Spencer[3] (Roanne) - "French" MVP:
Cyril Julian[3] (Nancy)